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When you see your old life flashed right before your very eyes
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2024-10-29 19:42:56AMELITO ALMIRO's P o V
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I make sure to enter the cafe with my eyes on the floor, not daring to lift my head and risk making eye contact with anyone inside. I walked with my head down as though my chin and my chest were glued to each other. But as soon as I finally got a hold of myself again, I looked around me and it was then that I spotted what I have been looking for. There at the corner, I saw my young miss and the moment my sight landed in her direction, tears welled in my eyes. Before I knew it, I saw my old and long forgotten life flash before my eyes.
The Almiro and Amsterdam clan had worked alongside each other for as long as I could remember. They had served the Nordstorme household for generations way before I was even born. James and I had been good friends. While he worked as their family's butler, I on the other, used to be the private driver.
That was how I was able to watch Jo
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